ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF MEDICAL MYCOLOGY SOCIETY OF NIGERIA
10-12 April, 2019
NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, YABA LAGOS, NIGERIA
Conference objectives:
-RAISING AWARENESS ON MYCOSES IN AFRICA
-RECRUIT MULTIDICIPLINARY MEMBERS FOR ISHAM AND ALSO YOUNG ISHAM MEMBERS
-NETWORKING SUPPORT FOR YOUNG ISHAM MEMBERS
-SET UP AN AFRICAN FUNGAL WORKING GROUP UNDER ISHAM THROUGH THE CONFERENCE
-PROVIDING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY FOR AFRICAN RESEARCHERS DRIVING
RESEARCH FOCUSSED ON MYCOSES
Pre-conference laboratory diagnosis of fungal pathogens workshop (8th – 9th April 2019)
Objectives of Training
- Organisation of a medical mycology laboratory
- Specimen handling and processing
- Isolation techniques
- Identification of fungal pathogens with focus on, Cryptococcus, Candida, Aspergillus and Histoplasma and Pneumocystis.
- Rapid diagnostic testing methods